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it was a debate designed to focus on foreign policy. the two candidates did their best to steer the conversation back to the economy and domestic policy as much as they could get away with. >> we've got to make sure we reduce our deficit. unfortunately, governor romney's plan doesn't do it. >> when it comes to our economy here at home, i know what it takes to create 12 million new jobs. >> what we've done is reformed education, 46 states. >> we have to have training programs that work for our workers and schools that finally put the parents andeachers and the kids first. >> let me get back to foreign policy. i can just get back -- >> about halfway through the debate candidates, both of them, seemed to hijack it back to the economy. perhaps the most important exchange of the night wasn't about foreign policy. it was another clash over the issue the president hopes will win him ohio, the auto bailout. romney took the president's bait on this one, clearly believing he needs to litigate this issue if he's going to move voters in toledo and
it was a debate designed to focus on foreign policy. the two candidates did their best to steer the conversation back to the economy and domestic policy as much as they could get away with. >> we've got to make sure we reduce our deficit. unfortunately, governor romney's plan doesn't do it. >> when it comes to our economy here at home, i know what it takes to create 12 million new jobs. >> what we've done is reformed education, 46 states. >> we have to have training...
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on foreign affairs, you've got a failed foreign policy. yes, they've done more drone attacks, which is good. yes, osama bin laden is dead, which is good. but whether you deal with russia, china or throughout the broader middle east, you have a disaster. we saw that in the killing of the american ambassador in benghazi and a fundamental misunderstanding. >> i want to get to some other issues. i want to get to larger question, which is what is a romney foreign policy? what is going to be different about it than president bush's? less sort of the quote unquote freedom agenda? >> what you're going to have is a foreign policy that's been in the bipartson tradition of strength from kennedy and beyond. one that believes you need a strong economy. you need to have leadership. america's better off and the world is better off when america leads as "the washington post" editorial said today. there's a vacuum in syria. there's a vacuum in the middle east and forces unfriendly to the united states that have other interests. extremists are filling that
on foreign affairs, you've got a failed foreign policy. yes, they've done more drone attacks, which is good. yes, osama bin laden is dead, which is good. but whether you deal with russia, china or throughout the broader middle east, you have a disaster. we saw that in the killing of the american ambassador in benghazi and a fundamental misunderstanding. >> i want to get to some other issues. i want to get to larger question, which is what is a romney foreign policy? what is going to be...
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the mitt romney foreign policy trip. the olympics. that's a domestic play, but he will do the speech in israel. perhaps have a meeting there with netanyahu and make a speech in poland which is probably of all the eastern european much more in line with the republican point of view. >> probably. the most important part of the trip is israel. that resonates domestically and plays off issues like iran. something the romney campaign focuses on more than any other issue. romney said that under obama, iran will get the bomb and under romney they will not. >> that's the line in the sand. >> he hasn't provided specifics about what he would do or what would be more effective than what the administration has done. the only big option on the table is whether you bomb iran to try to take the nuclear weapon. >> i will come back to that, but the polish piece is highly significant. he talks about russia as america's principal adversary. >> they're agree. they are trying to exploit somewhat of a caricature of the obama administration, but exploit the
the mitt romney foreign policy trip. the olympics. that's a domestic play, but he will do the speech in israel. perhaps have a meeting there with netanyahu and make a speech in poland which is probably of all the eastern european much more in line with the republican point of view. >> probably. the most important part of the trip is israel. that resonates domestically and plays off issues like iran. something the romney campaign focuses on more than any other issue. romney said that under...
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steve clemens is a foreign policy expert with the new american foundation in washington. steve, i want to start with you and that last day of the democratic convention which had more national security that i've seen at a democratic national convention. it was different from kerrys. they did this whole reporting for duty as a way to try to help build him up comparatively to bush. this was an aggressive tactic on that final night. >> i think the president has felt very good. this is the guy that took out osama bin laden, he's taken out a bunch of pirates. he's buffered the american public from a lot of terrorism nightmares and they're trying to take credit for what they've done. at the same time while he's embracing the soldiers and the pentagon, the other story is he's withdrawn from iraq and drawing down the footprint in afghanistan. he's trying to say i am a smart commander in chief and i'm weighing the equities. we're adjusting them. we're not afraid as democrats to stand with our soldiers. >> roger, do you feel like you understand the obama doctrine on foreign policy?
steve clemens is a foreign policy expert with the new american foundation in washington. steve, i want to start with you and that last day of the democratic convention which had more national security that i've seen at a democratic national convention. it was different from kerrys. they did this whole reporting for duty as a way to try to help build him up comparatively to bush. this was an aggressive tactic on that final night. >> i think the president has felt very good. this is the guy...
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there is a dispute in the foreign policy these days about how much of an ally versus foe russia is these days. that is where this conversation is. i think it's fair to say it's a minority view these days about russia. there is a lot of discussion about putin. that's a whole other debate. >> the good news for romney, he was 3,000 miles away and avoided getting into the mandate. of course, he wants to make health care the mega issue this week as he called it on the steps of the supreme court. >> this is the most important issue of government rule over people's lives, both economic decisions and, of course, their decisions about even their own personal fact. unfortunately, the worst person to make that case is mitt romney and that's why, as i said, we're here today and he's not. >> santorum tried to milk his meltdown reminding republicans at every opportunity that he would take on the new york times and turn the rope line episode against the romney campaign. >> any good conservative who hasn't had a flare-up with the "new york times" isn't worth their salt. you talk about desperate and path
there is a dispute in the foreign policy these days about how much of an ally versus foe russia is these days. that is where this conversation is. i think it's fair to say it's a minority view these days about russia. there is a lot of discussion about putin. that's a whole other debate. >> the good news for romney, he was 3,000 miles away and avoided getting into the mandate. of course, he wants to make health care the mega issue this week as he called it on the steps of the supreme...
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recently announced trip to israel, and it would start out in reno, nevada, where he would make a big foreign policy speech there and go to great britain and travel to israel and then back the europe to visit both germany and poland. the romney campaign had considered a stop in afghanistan, but that is now unlikely, because the speculation about this trip is one more piece of evidence that romney may not announce the vp pick until after that trip and after the olympics, and the timing would seem odd if they did it before. remember, we are dealing with about a two-week window before he would take off on that trip. the president will address the jobs numbers when he stops in poland, ohio, later this morning and the second day of what the campaign is calling the betting on america bus tour. it also takes him to boardman, ohio, south of youngstown, and then wraps up the afternoon in carnegie mellon in pennsylvania. and the drive to win the president is making an unsubtle plan to go after middle class workers and he is targeting romney as out-sourcer. >> governor romney said we should just let det
recently announced trip to israel, and it would start out in reno, nevada, where he would make a big foreign policy speech there and go to great britain and travel to israel and then back the europe to visit both germany and poland. the romney campaign had considered a stop in afghanistan, but that is now unlikely, because the speculation about this trip is one more piece of evidence that romney may not announce the vp pick until after that trip and after the olympics, and the timing would seem...
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its aftermath eroded confidence in obama's overall foreign policy rating. public approval for the president has bounced back to pre-benghazi levels. 52% approve, 40% disapprove. his potential pick for secretary of state, she is taking on water. u.n. ambassador susan rice's personal rating upside down. first time we've ever tested her. a third of the voters say they don't know who she is. that's amazing that only a third of voters doesn't know who she is. among those who do know her, only 20% view her positively, 20% negatively, for now benghazi has taken a back seat to syria, where the syria military is now firing scud missiles at rebel forces in the north, almost thumbing its nose a little bit at the world community here. jim joins me now. it's as if essentially they've seen the line the world is drawing when it comes to chemical weapons and feel they can do almost anything else. >> u.s. officials said this is a clear sign the assad regime in damascus is becoming ever more desperate. this is the first time in a two-year war that the syrian military has use
its aftermath eroded confidence in obama's overall foreign policy rating. public approval for the president has bounced back to pre-benghazi levels. 52% approve, 40% disapprove. his potential pick for secretary of state, she is taking on water. u.n. ambassador susan rice's personal rating upside down. first time we've ever tested her. a third of the voters say they don't know who she is. that's amazing that only a third of voters doesn't know who she is. among those who do know her, only 20%...
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joining me now is mexican's former foreign minister, an msnbc expert on latin american policy. jorge, nice to see you. >> good to see you, chuck. >> let me ask you straight up on the drug war, what was nieto's mandate from the mexican people when it comes to the war against these drug cartels? >> well, the election results are pretty clear. outgoing president calderon's candidate got 25% of the vote and came in third so the voice of the voters was relatively clear. we don't want more of this war. they did indicate what they didn't want. no more bloodshed. no more war. no more enormous efforts being made to interrupt drug shipments to the united states which fuel a market in the u.s., by the way, which is becoming increasingly legal, chuck, as we saw in washington state and colorado a couple three weeks ago. >> now you bring up an important point on this legalization movement and i wanted to get to it in a few minutes but i want to go back to sort of the domestic politics of mexico a little bit. what is nieto's ask going to be and does he want the merida finish teti inviolabilii
joining me now is mexican's former foreign minister, an msnbc expert on latin american policy. jorge, nice to see you. >> good to see you, chuck. >> let me ask you straight up on the drug war, what was nieto's mandate from the mexican people when it comes to the war against these drug cartels? >> well, the election results are pretty clear. outgoing president calderon's candidate got 25% of the vote and came in third so the voice of the voters was relatively clear. we don't...
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foreign policy issues that you have been dealing with and so the romney campaign are running up the clock which is in football and basketball and take a smart strategy to deploy and they could end up helping mitt romney and hey, we'll only talk about mitt romney and it presents challenges in the oval office and you'll have to sit down for an interview that's not fox. >> he's on the bus tour in which the traveling press corps would have tons of questions. he was asked about one of the questions about whether he thought democrats were taking his words out about firefighters and police officers out of context and he said i don't want to answer that question. so far that's been a response we've seen from him more so than opening up to yes that we might get a sense of where he stands on issues outside of the economy. >> very quick. this win in arizona, the gabby giffords' seat is a big win. >> a very nice win. maybe democrats aren't quite hitting the panic button as much as they would. >> psychological boost. >> mark murray, fan of the oklahoma city thunder. >> the u.n. says the syrian conflic
foreign policy issues that you have been dealing with and so the romney campaign are running up the clock which is in football and basketball and take a smart strategy to deploy and they could end up helping mitt romney and hey, we'll only talk about mitt romney and it presents challenges in the oval office and you'll have to sit down for an interview that's not fox. >> he's on the bus tour in which the traveling press corps would have tons of questions. he was asked about one of the...
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another reminder that foreign policy achievements can mean little in an election year. >>> it's day one of a three-day marathon here at the supreme court with the justices weighing in on the central piece of the president's health care reform law whether the individual mandate is constitutional. my panel today, karen finney and "the washington post's" dan balls. before we get blown away here. it's a windy day. it's beautiful but windy. karen, i want to start with you. one thing happened friday of somewhat political significance and that is this decision by the democrats and team obama to take obama care and say, fine, you want to use it, so will we. it became a twitter war. that was amusing to watch. an odd decision to do it now. some might ask where was this six months ago? >> six months ago they weren't ready. there is that whole stages of acceptance. it's here to stay. just go with it. make it your own. >> it had become too much of a negle negative. why have his name associated with a negative to try to split the baby a little bit. >> they simply have not won the public relations war
another reminder that foreign policy achievements can mean little in an election year. >>> it's day one of a three-day marathon here at the supreme court with the justices weighing in on the central piece of the president's health care reform law whether the individual mandate is constitutional. my panel today, karen finney and "the washington post's" dan balls. before we get blown away here. it's a windy day. it's beautiful but windy. karen, i want to start with you. one...
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policy address at none other than the jelly belly factory in california. >> we just did a little tour of jelly belly and we wanted to come here to jelly belly and it's hard to say that in a political speech. jelly belly. i don't know what it is. >> of course, the gypper was famous for his love of jellybeans. even inspiring one of the famous jelly belly flavors blueberry created so he could serve red white and blue jellybeans at his 1981 inauguration. santorum did his best to extend what he hopes are more reagan comparisons. >> the entire establishment was against him. everyone said that his time had passed. we're not going to concede to the moderate establishment who wants to convince everybody that it's over. it's time just to go away. we've now dumped in $100 million. we've beaten up the other candidates into a pulp and it's time to take who we want. >> he's speaking, of course, of reagan '76, reagan did not succeed in '76. by the way, in the senate, santorum was known as the keeper of the famous candy desk, so he was the guy who used to hand out candy. over to team obama, it's anot
policy address at none other than the jelly belly factory in california. >> we just did a little tour of jelly belly and we wanted to come here to jelly belly and it's hard to say that in a political speech. jelly belly. i don't know what it is. >> of course, the gypper was famous for his love of jellybeans. even inspiring one of the famous jelly belly flavors blueberry created so he could serve red white and blue jellybeans at his 1981 inauguration. santorum did his best to extend...
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they still have jobs, they still getting to and talk about foreign policy. we don't hold our elites to account. and to the extent we do that, it creates this deep sense of frugs trace, anger and betrayal and distrust among the populis. >> how do you hold the top to the law? >> it's a good question. i think in some ways, particularly with wall street, they have grown so powerful, they have loosed themselves from the bonds of the social contract. and i think that part of the problem is mobilizing constituency among people who do have power to call for that kind of accountability. >> interesting. chris hayes, the author of "the twilight elites: america after the meritocracy." i would love to have a conversation with you about private prisons, a whole show on that. and you can watch "up" with chris hayes every saturday and sunday at 8:00 a.m. eastern on msnbc. coming up, john kerry answers a casting call to the white house. and the subtle but sure change in mitt romney recently. and who is winning the war of words on immigration. all coming up. but first, the wh
they still have jobs, they still getting to and talk about foreign policy. we don't hold our elites to account. and to the extent we do that, it creates this deep sense of frugs trace, anger and betrayal and distrust among the populis. >> how do you hold the top to the law? >> it's a good question. i think in some ways, particularly with wall street, they have grown so powerful, they have loosed themselves from the bonds of the social contract. and i think that part of the problem...